Dougie’s Friday mailbag

Fans share their thoughts on Adonis Stevenson, Froch-Groves II, today’s top trainers and their popularity, Juan Manuel Marquez’s punching power, the public’s interest in Floyd Mayweather Jr., and much more in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

WBO 140-pound titleholder Ruslan Provodnikov was ringside for Juan Manuel Marquez’s win over Mike Alvarado last Saturday, close enough to make comparisons to his own 10th-round stoppage of Alvarado in October 2013.

HBO’s broadcast of Juan Manuel Marquez’s unanimous decision over Mike Alvarado generated a peak viewership of 1,322,000, making it the second most watched bout on cable so far in 2013 and this year, according to Nielsen Media Research on Tuesday.

Fans share their thoughts on Juan Manuel Marquez’s entertaining decision over Mike Alvarado, what could be next for Marquez, the Stevenson-Fonfara light heavyweight championship, Cotto-Martinez, plus plenty of mythical matchups in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Juan Manuel Marquez was the black sheep in the Mexican triumvirate that included Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales but has outlasted the others and emerged as the enduring star, which he proved once again with a dominant decision over Mike Alvarado.

Juan Manuel Marquez turned in a performance befitting his return to The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., where he first made his name in the 1990s, on Saturday. Marquez got up from a knockdown to outclass and outfight Mike Alvarado to an entertaining unanimous decision.

The best thing about fights that go the distance is that they give us 12 rounds of Naoki Fukuda’s photos to choose from. The worst thing is that they give us 12 rounds of Naoki Fukuda’s photos to choose from.